Anthony Zuccarelli PhD is Associate Vice President for Research Administration and integration of Research Affairs activities and services. He oversees the research infrastructure and is also involved in coordination and planning for institutional research. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Dr. Zuccarelli is a molecular biologist with a PhD degree from California Institute of Technology. His research centered on the origin of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.

Michael Kirby PhD is Associate Vice President for Research Affairs with responsibility for review of grant proposals for scientific merit and institutional risk. He also has oversight of research training and education.

Dr. Kirby is a neuroscientist who received his PhD degree from the University of California, Riverside and was a post doctoral fellow at the National Eye Institute at the University of California, Davis. He has an active laboratory in collaboration with Steve Yellon PhD examining spinal cord mechanisms of partition, and oversees the clinical trials division of the Department of Pediatrics.